ISTEP+ gains come amid increasing accountability
Indiana students made improvements across the board on the state's standardized test this year amid a push for more school accountability and the first state takeovers of failing schools.
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Indiana students do slightly better on ISTEP tests
Scores released Tuesday by the state education department show that of the 500,000 students taking the standardized tests, 71 percent passed both the language arts and math sections. That's up one percentage point from last year.
Bennett to release annual school test scores
Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett is rolling out the latest statewide school test scores.
State higher ed board picks new chair, vice chair
Marilyn Moran-Townsend will take over as chair and Jud Fisher will be the board's new vice chair. Chris LaMothe will serve as the board's secretary.
Board’s ruling puts Fall Creek home sites back on market
Buyers have quickly snapped up two home sites and the city might sell seven more on a stretch of Broadway Street where The Oaks Academy had hoped to build a soccer field.
Council mulls axing applications’ prior-conviction box
City-County Councilor Vop Osili thinks the city could level the job-seeking playing field for ex-offenders by eliminating the question of past convictions on job applications.
Manufacturers help schools fill training void
Manufacturers—bedeviled by an underskilled labor force—seek highly trained graduates. Career centers—struggling with funding cuts—seek support from companies so classes can keep operating.
One teacher quits, 5 suspended in Indy district
An Indianapolis school district said Friday it suspended five teachers and another resigned amid an investigation into cheating on a state standardized biology exam at one of Indiana's largest high schools.
Fed grant to help female Indiana ex-cons
An Indianapolis not-for-profit is receiving a $1.5 million federal grant to provide job training and support services to girls or women who formerly were incarcerated.
Ex-Purdue dean calls Daniels pick ‘travesty,’ cancels $1M gift
A Purdue trustee said donating money is a personal decision and that the board has received a 10-to-1 positive reaction to the selection of the governor.
Daniels to receive large raise as Purdue president
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will receive a big pay raise when he leaves office in January and takes over as president of Purdue University, possibly earning more than five times as much salary.
Indianapolis area needs more black engineers, architects
Among major occupational groups, only farming has a smaller share of African-Americans, government figures show.
Lawrence Township finds buyers for surplus buildings
The northeast-side school district has sold one building, has three offers for another and is seeking tenants for 100,000 square feet in a third building.
Indiana politicians reassess role of higher ed as economy lags
After accepting the post of Purdue University president, Gov. Mitch Daniels finds himself at the heart of the debate over the value of a traditional college degree versus its cost and the needs of employers who simply want skilled workers.
Jobs go unfilled because workers lack needed skills
A survey of 1,123 manufacturing executives released last year found that 67 percent of companies had a moderate to severe shortage of available, qualified workers. The report estimated 600,000 jobs nationwide were going unfilled because of a lack of qualified candidates.
Notre Dame receives $5M for adult stem cell research
The university says the gift from an alumnus will fund three new endowed professorships in adult and all forms of non-embryonic stem cell research, in hopes of accelerating discovery of new treatments for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
Daniels unsure of lobbying role as Purdue president
The governor said Friday he was checking whether he could press members of the General Assembly on the university's behalf after he becomes Purdue's president in January, because of state ethics rules that require a one-year "cool down" for public officials after leaving office.
IU to roll out student financial literacy program
Indiana University says its plans to offer a financial literacy program to give students the tools to complete college without excessive debt.
School of Philanthropy nears reality at IUPUI
A long-discussed School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is one step away from becoming a reality. The Indiana University Board of Trustees was expected to vote Friday on whether to create the school, which would be the first of its kind.
New Purdue president Daniels to live on campus
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he'll live in the president's house once he takes over at Purdue University but will go back and forth to his Carmel home.